1.1 Cloud technology terms Flashcards
Cloud technology characteristics and terms
What is Elasticity?
Services able to be rapidly scaled, up or down, to
match demand
What is Ubiquitous access?
The ability for a cloud service to be widely accessible.
What is Rapid deployment?
Cloud computing is much faster to implement
than traditional in-house models.
What is On-demand self-service?
User able to get computing capabilities automatically.
E.g. Server time or network service
What is Resource pooling?
where providers serve resources to multiple clients or customers.
What is Minimal management effort?
cloud should be able to be used easily after setup without much management.
What is Pay-as-you-grow?
Customers are charged based on usage rather than a fixed cost.
What is Multi-tenancy?
Multi- tenancy is where serves multiple people (tenants) at once, such as sharing resources.
E.g. Servers (Data is kept different between the companies)
What is Automation?
Cloud automation is used to simplify the set up
and running of resources
What is Chargeback?
Accounting method to charge for the amount of
resources used.
E.g. (Hardware, software etc)
What is Cloud bursting?
Automatically overflowing from private cloud to
public cloud when resources are fully used.